Anyone else interested in replacing the rotary shifter?

[yazoo888]

I am not a fan of the Mach E powertrain, wanting to change it to an ICE. LoL

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[Unclespike102]

My wife had a minor mishap because of the shifter. What I don't like is you can turn the dial past park or drive. It should lock when it reaches the final position on each side. The speedometer prompts are great, but this conversation just points out how intuitive, shifting gears actually is. We are used to where things are positioned.

How often, in your prior vehicles have you visually checked the PRNDL gauge in the car? You intuitively know where the shifter is. Technical advancement has removed that option/feeling for us.

I agree that this changes too easily and create issues.

suggestion to Ford:
1. add a tone when going into reverse or drive. user option)

2. put a light on the dial that one can see!!!! The light on the dial too too small and too light.

 

[Fat Mach]

I am not a fan of the Mach E powertrain, wanting to change it to an ICE. LoL

Look at the bright side, you'll never have to smog it with an EV VIN.

 

[Susanne76]

Interesting discussion because I noticed I had a habit (for instance backing out of driveway or parking lot) of flipping into D while I was still coasting backwards and my foot not pressing on the brake. I understand now this is a NO-NO.

 

[alexgorod]

I was driving X3 for more than two years, and couldn't get used to pushing the lever forward to go back, and pulling it back to drive.

Pressing the button to park was OK, but still worse than what I had before -

I have no problem with the MME dial.

 

[markhwhite]

I've been searching every couple weeks to see if anyone has successfully swapped the dial shifter for something else. Figured I'd post in case anyone has tried or has insight on how it might be done.

I'm annoyed at how easy it is to overshoot Reverse and wind up in Park (usually abruptly). The muscle memory will come, I'm sure. It's just frustratingly non-intuitive as compared to pretty much every other shifter design. The other day I needed to reverse in a hurry, and Parked instead ?. Thankfully I wasn't on a railroad crossing or anything, and the other driver stopped in time. But talk about embarrassing!

An R, N, D knob would do - fling it left for Reverse, Right for Drive; swap the L button for a P. Or maybe put that now-useless |P| button to work as the Park button. Or if there were a detent for Park, where the whole dial needed to be depressed or pulled.
Or that nifty F150 shifter ??

Anyway... I would assume that this knob is the same as the Explorer uses; a standard item from the Ford parts bin that the designers picked to compliment the volume knob. And that another electronic shifter would have worked too (maybe even the same wiring/connector)?

Anyone have any insights?

i do. i agree about the accidental park problem. the knob is fine, but they need to have a stop that prevents you from going into park without an extra motion. poor design.

 

[NeighSayer11]

LOL all of my other cars have manual trannies. I keep trying to use a clutch pedal and reaching for the shifter in some situations. ??

Same.

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